Industry Buzz

Want to stay up to date with what’s happening in the hosting industry but don’t have time to scroll through dozens of blogs, forums, and social media profiles? Industry Buzz is your one-stop hub for the latest updates, news, and events from across the hosting and tech world.

Our feed automatically aggregates posts from social media and RSS channels of hosting companies and software providers, giving you a real-time overview of what’s buzzing in the industry. From new product launches and tech trends to insightful discussions from experts - you’ll find it all here, without having to browse half the internet.

This week

August 27, 2026 LiteSpeed Cache for WordPress patches XSS vulnerability in v7.8.
@LiteSpeed
August 27, 2026 Backblaze enables always-on AES-256 encryption for B2 Cloud Storage.
@Backblaze
August 27, 2026 SK Horizon launches with $2.2 billion KKR and IMM investment.
@Data Center Dynamics
August 27, 2026 Pods plugin and miniOrange SAML SSO patched for critical authentication-bypass flaws.
@Heart Internet
August 27, 2026 UpCloud appoints Claudio M. Camacho as Chief Marketing Officer.
@UpCloud
August 26, 2026 Porkbun warns of industry-wide phishing campaign impersonating domain expiry notices.
@Porkbun
August 26, 2026 Namecheap suffers second shared hosting outage this month.
@Domain Name Wire
August 26, 2026 AWS acquires DuckDB team to expand S3 data analytics capabilities.
@All Things Distributed
August 26, 2026 PanelAlpha releases v1.9.8 with Stripe background billing.
@PanelAlpha
August 26, 2026 ModulesGarden releases four new WHMCS modules in stable 1.0.0.
@ModulesGarden
August 26, 2026 Extendify releases API 1.1 with full-page previews and website redesign.
@Extendify
August 25, 2026 Avada WordPress theme patched for critical unauthenticated remote-code-execution flaw.
@Wordfence
August 25, 2026 TranslatePress patches critical unauthenticated account-takeover flaw in 3.3.2.
@Wordfence
August 25, 2026 CrowdSec WAF adds bot detection challenge and Kubernetes datasource.
@CrowdSec
August 25, 2026 Shopware releases security update with Twig and API restrictions.
@Shopware
August 25, 2026 MariaDB releases Q3 2026 maintenance updates for four LTS series.
@MariaDB
August 25, 2026 Xecurify miniOrange SAML plugin has critical unauthenticated privilege-escalation flaws.
@The Hacker News
August 24, 2026 ManageWP integrates Patchstack vulnerability protection, blocking 11.9M threats in six months.
@Patchstack
August 24, 2026 Cryptomining firm acquires data center company Paradox Data.
@Data Center Dynamics
August 24, 2026 InMotion Hosting expands Monarx security deployment across servers.
@InMotion Hosting
August 24, 2026 GoDaddy faces securities lawsuit over .com promotion disclosure.
@Domain Name Wire
August 24, 2026 Docker launches Extended Lifecycle Support for end-of-life software like MinIO.
@Docker
August 24, 2026 RIPE Labs reports criminals control substantial share of new gTLD registrations.
@RIPE Labs
August 24, 2026 Hostinger launches AI Builder and unifies Hostinger Agent platform.
@Hostinger
August 24, 2026 HestiaCP releases 1.10.4 with security and stability improvements.
@HestiaCP
August 24, 2026 Gandi migrates Classic DNS domains to LiveDNS infrastructure.
@Gandi

Last week (17th August - 23rd August)

August 23, 2026 FOSSBilling releases 0.8.6 with critical security fixes.
@FOSSBilling
August 23, 2026 Froxlor releases version 2.3.11 with 18 security fixes.
@Froxlor
August 21, 2026 Cloudflare launches Bot Preference Sync to synchronize AI traffic policies with robots.txt.
@Cloudflare
August 21, 2026 Zayo secures fiber supply for 15,000 route-mile network expansion.
@Data Center Knowledge
August 21, 2026 miniOrange SAML plugin patches critical authentication-bypass flaws CVE-2026-61979 and CVE-2026-15981.
@Patchstack
August 21, 2026 Pods patches critical privilege-escalation flaw in version 3.3.9.1.
@Wordfence
August 21, 2026 VNG acquires STT GDC's portion of Ho Chi Minh City datacenter JV.
@Data Center Dynamics
August 21, 2026 GoDaddy launches Node.js Hosting for deploying applications.
@GoDaddy
August 20, 2026 Hivelocity expands VPS and VDS platform for resellers and developers.
@HIVELOCITY
August 20, 2026 Cloudflare introduces OAuth scope customization for third-party applications.
@Cloudflare
August 20, 2026 WordPress releases version 7.1 with collaboration and styling improvements.
@WPDeveloper
August 20, 2026 Elementor Pro patches critical unauthenticated file-upload RCE in version 4.2.2.
@Wordfence
August 20, 2026 Virtualizor releases 3.2.9 RC8 with MCP server support and bare-metal improvements.
@Virtualizor
August 20, 2026 DayOne expands datacenter landholdings in Malaysia.
@Data Center Dynamics
August 20, 2026 CDN Tsunami exploits HTTP/3-to-HTTP/1.1 conversion for up-to-350x amplification attacks.
@The Hacker News
August 20, 2026 Apache apr-util patches heap buffer overflows in Redis and memcached clients.
@Heart Internet
August 19, 2026 Cloudflare improves Spectre attack defenses in Workers with V8 Sandbox integration.
@Cloudflare
August 19, 2026 Namecheap launches Starlight Registry, applies for 40 TLDs.
@Domain Name Wire
August 19, 2026 Percona releases PMM 3.9.1 patching high-severity Grafana ClickHouse vulnerability.
@Percona
August 19, 2026 Nguyen appointed to lead after Sanfridsson's retirement.
@Data Center Dynamics
August 19, 2026 GitHub experiences eight-hour outage from Microsoft data-centre network saturation.
@The Stack
August 19, 2026 CoreDNS strengthens DNS caching, forwarding, and adds DNS-over-QUIC support.
@CoreDNS
August 18, 2026 Telegram applies for .gram top-level domain for user subdomains.
@Domain Name Wire
August 18, 2026 NGINX releases 1.31.4 with PROXY protocol v2 and HTTP/2 standards compliance.
@NGINX
August 18, 2026 Blesta releases 6.0.1 bug-fix update.
@Blesta
August 18, 2026 AdminBolt 1.7.0 adds per-account backups, 2FA, and LSPHP on Apache.
@AdminBolt
August 18, 2026 Traefik releases v2.11.55 bug-fix update.
@Traefik
August 18, 2026 PrestaShop patches multiple vulnerabilities including SSRF and SQL injection.
@PrestaShop
August 18, 2026 mailcow releases security update for Redis, ClamAV, and SOGo.
@mailcow
August 18, 2026 Hostinger launches AI Builder platform for agentic website and app creation.
@Hostinger
August 18, 2026 ICANN board replaces Deutsch with Harper in director reshuffle.
@Domain Incite
August 17, 2026 Forminator Forms plugin patched for critical remote code execution flaw.
@The Hacker News
August 17, 2026 OWASP CRS releases v4.29.0 with expanded web-shell and command-injection detection.
@OWASP CRS
August 17, 2026 Bit Digital-backed firm acquires industrial assets from Unifi.
@Data Center Dynamics
August 17, 2026 FlyWP launches FlySecurity Pro, integrating Patchstack vulnerability protection.
@Patchstack
August 17, 2026 ICANN receives over 1,600 new gTLD applications in 2026 window.
@Domain Incite
August 17, 2026 HestiaCP releases bug-fix update with dependency and firewall fixes.
@HestiaCP